The Poetry Forum has announced a partial show schedule for Winter 2010:
January 11 ~ Laura Rossi
January 18 ~ John M. Bennett
January 25 ~ Beverly Zeimer
February 1 ~ Michael Wright
February 8 ~ Fred Kirchner
February 15 ~ Louise Robertson
All shows are on Mondays at 7 p.m. at the Rumba Café, 2507 Summit Street @ Hudson Street, Columbus.
For more info, check out Poetry Calendar Columbus.
January’s First Draft is the annual New Year, Nuku show!
Featuring at this year’s Nuku show on Friday, January 15 will be Writer’s Block’s own Scott Woods with all new, never performed haiku.
According to host Joanna Schroeder, Scott Woods “is only the second poet to take up the challenge of an all new haiku feature, but if you’ve been to any of his 24 hour poetry events, you know that he is talented enough and also crazy enough, to rock it like no other. I could tell you about all the amazing poetry he has written in the thirteen years he’s been running poetry nights in this town, but what you need to do is come out and see what he does when he stares seventeen syllables in the face for an entire new poem feature.”
His feature will be followed by a haiku death match with several local poets. First, there will be a sacrificial round which “is going to be hot enough to melt the snow off the streets – as it is Mother vs Son with Teri Collins and Alex Stinnett going head to head.” The death match that follows is a three-round battle and only one will walk out a winner. As of press time, the death match poets are:
JJ Bowes
Nick Brown
Barbara from the Ohio Poetry Association
Nicole Nicholson (yes, yours truly)
Maranda Noble
Link Schreiber
Tyronne Russell
Rachel Wiley
And following the battle will be the First Draft Open Mic. If you want to get your new, never-performed work to the stage, this is the place to do it.
Cover is $3 for the night. Show begins at 8:00 P.M. Do NOT miss this sure to be hot night of poetry!
For more info about Writer’s Block’s First Draft Night, check out: http://writersblockpoetry.rewritingovid.net/FirstDraftOpenMic.php
Writing Wrongs Poetry Slam announces their show schedule for January 2010:
5th: Open Mic (The first show of the new year)
12th: IWPS and WOWPS finalist Nicole Homer and National Poetry Slam Finalist Omar ‘Ion’ Holman FEATURE! Also the first Slam for Team contention. Team rules and schedule go to the website
19th: Open Mic
26th: Battle of Ohio Slam II! Cleveland, two Columbus Teams and Dayton will face off against each other. This is THE Slam to see and its going down at Writing Wrongs.
For more info about Writing Wrongs Poetry Slam:
From Writing Wrongs Poetry Slam:
“It’s the 2nd Annual Battle of Ohio Poetry Slam and its coming back to Columbus! This time the Urban Spirit Coffee Shop will play host when teams from:
All meet up to duke it out on stage. You DON’T want to miss this show!
There will be a very limited Open Mic, so get there early to reserve your spot on the list!”
When: January 26, 2010
Time: 8:00 P.M. – 11:00 PM.
Where: Urban Spirit Coffee Shop, 893 E. Long Street, Columbus, OH View Map
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